Education News and Bookmarking for Mathetude community http://www.mathetude.com:80/rss/stories/upcoming.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/images/logo.png http://www.mathetude.com:80/ vi-vn Copyright (c) 2007 Mathetude.com javacola@gmail.com Wed Feb 08 10:09:29 CST 2012 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.mathetude.com:80/ Senator Tom Harkin responds to an editorial criticizing his No Child Left Behind reform bill. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13673.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13673.html Mathetude nitajo 05/11/2011 To the surprise of many education advocates, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee chair Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and ranking member Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) scheduled— and then held—a two-day markup of a proposal to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that finished late on October 20 with the committee’s approval of the plan. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13656.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13656.html Mathetude PiGuy 03/11/2011 Anger over the Obama administration’s No Child Left Behind waiver plan prodded lawmakers to approve a bill that would greatly reduce Washington’s role in overseeing public schools. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13535.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13535.html Mathetude nitajo 22/10/2011 William McKenzie -- Here is the hidden truth in the school accountability movement: Civil rights groups are some of the strongest proponents of measuring students each year and holding schools responsible if their students aren't making progress. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13529.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13529.html Mathetude Newman 21/10/2011 Signaling some unity in the Senate on overhauling the "No Child Left Behind" law, two senators announced Monday an agreement to move forward on bipartisan legislation to revamp it. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13502.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13502.html Mathetude nitajo 18/10/2011 Richard Rothstein -- In education policy, Congress and President Obama’s administration continue to seek an unrealizable national whip that will somehow transform American schools for the better. These efforts ignore both evidence and common sense. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13434.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13434.html Mathetude nitajo 12/10/2011 The school accountability system at the heart of the No Child Left Behind Act would be completely reinvented under a proposal released Tuesday by Sen. Tom Harkin, the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13432.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13432.html Mathetude nitajo 12/10/2011 Senator Tom Harkin’s bill would dismantle the provisions of the Bush-era law that used standardized test scores to label tens of thousands of public schools as failing. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13431.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13431.html Mathetude nitajo 12/10/2011 A top Senate Democrat rolled out his plan Tuesday to revamp the main federal education law, but it immediately drew fire from civil rights groups that argued it would ease pressure on schools to provide quality education to all children, regardless of race or income. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13427.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13427.html Mathetude Sculb 11/10/2011 U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, is putting the finishing touches on a bill to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002. He has been negotiating on the proposal with Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R-Wy, the top GOP lawmaker on the committee, for months. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13404.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13404.html Mathetude nitajo 09/10/2011